科羅拉多州是美國西部的一州，東接堪薩斯州，南界俄克拉荷馬州和新墨西哥州，西鄰猶他州，北與懷俄明州和內(nèi)布拉斯加州接壤。該州首府兼大城為丹佛，人口約57萬，為科州政治、貿(mào)易、金融和制造業(yè)中心。科羅拉多斯普林斯市是美國空軍軍官學(xué)校所在地。較大的城市還有奧羅拉和萊克伍德。

科羅拉多州在公共教育、文化事業(yè)較發(fā)達，州內(nèi)大學(xué)在能源、采礦技術(shù)、環(huán)境保護、生物技術(shù)、藥學(xué)、遺傳學(xué)、新型材料、航天、氣象學(xué)、電訊和計算機領(lǐng)域的研究屬領(lǐng)先水平。

目前有科羅拉多州礦業(yè)學(xué)院、科羅拉多州州立大學(xué)、科羅拉多大學(xué)等8所著名高等院校、81所大專院校、1771多所公立學(xué)校和499所私立學(xué)校，在校生86萬。丹佛大學(xué)國際關(guān)系學(xué)院設(shè)有美中合作中心。

其中，科羅拉多大學(xué)是美國新聞與報道所評全美佳公立大學(xué)之一。

該大學(xué)在科羅拉多州有四個校區(qū)：科羅拉多大學(xué)波德校區(qū)、科羅拉多大學(xué)丹佛校區(qū)、科羅拉多大學(xué)斯普林司校區(qū)、科羅拉多大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)中心。該大學(xué)的教授與學(xué)者們曾獲得了包括諾貝爾獎在內(nèi)的諸多獎項。

科羅拉多大學(xué)對全由學(xué)生操作的太空人造衛(wèi)星引以為榮，曾經(jīng)登陸太空的太空人，有18位是該大學(xué)的畢業(yè)同學(xué)。至于其他突出的學(xué)科有工程、商科、心理學(xué)和理科。學(xué)生選讀多的學(xué)科，依次是社會科學(xué)(23%)、商科管理(16%)、大眾傳播 (12%)、工程(10%)和文科(7%)。

以下是教育部公布的獲得教育部認證的美國科羅拉多州大學(xué)名單：

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Academy of Beauty Culture (Grand Junction)

Academy of Natural Therapy， Inc. (Eaton)

Adams State College (Alamosa)

Aims Community College (Greeley)

Americana Beauty College II (Colorado Springs)

Arapahoe Community College (Littleton)

The Art Institute of Colorado (Denver)

Artistic Beauty Colleges (Arvada)

Artistic Beauty Colleges (Lakewood)

Artistic Beauty Colleges (Thornton)

Artistic Beauty Colleges (Westminister)

Bel Rea Institute of Animal Technology (Denver)

Blair College (Colorado Springs)

Boulder College of Massage Therapy (Boulder)

Bridge Linguatec (Denver)

Cambridge College (Aurora)

Center of Advanced Therapeutics (Denver)

Cheeks International Academy of Beauty Culture (Fort Collins)

Cheeks International Academy of Beauty Culture (Greeley)

College for Financial Planning， Inc. (Greenwood Village)

CollegeAmerica-Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs)

CollegeAmerica-Denver (Denver)

CollegeAmerica-Fort Collins (Fort Collins)

Colorado Christian University (Lakewood)

Colorado College (Colorado Springs)

Colorado Heights University

Colorado Institute of Taxidermy (Canon City)

Colorado Mountain College (Glenwood Springs)

Colorado Northwestern Community College (Rangely)

Colorado School of English (Denver)

Colorado School of Healing Arts (Lakewood)

Colorado School of Mines (Golden)

Colorado School of Trades (Lakewood)

Colorado State University (Fort Collins)

Colorado State University-Pueblo (Pueblo)

Colorado Technical University (Colorado Springs)

Community College of Aurora (Aurora)

Community College of Denver (Denver)

Concorde Career Institute (Denver)

Cooking School of the Rockies，Inc. (Boulder)

Cottonwood School of Massage Therapy (Aurora)

Cuttin Up Beauty Academy (Denver)

Denver Academy of Court Reporting (Westminster)

Denver Automotive & Diesel College (Denver)

Denver Career College (Denver)

Denver Seminary (Denver)

Denver Technical College at (Colorado Springs)

Denver Technical College (Denver)

Dillard's Inc./Dillard's Dept Stores (Aurora)

Englewood Beauty College， Inc. (Englewood)

Fort Lewis College (Durango)

Front Range Community College (Westminster)

Glenwood Beauty Academy (Glenwood Springs)

Hair Dynamics Education Center (Fort Collins)

Heritage College (Denver)

Iliff School of Theology (Denver)

Institute of Business & Medical Careers (Fort Collins)

Institute for Nuclear Medical Education (Boulder)

IntelliTec College (Colorado Springs)

IntelliTec College (Grand Junction)

IntelliTec Medical Institute (Colorado Springs)

International Beauty Academy (Colorado Springs)

ITT Technical Institute (Thornton)

Jones International University (Englewood)

Lamar Community College (Lamar)

Language Consultants International，LLC (Denver)

Mesa State College (Grand Junction)

Metropolitan State College of Denver (Denver)

MJM Institute of Cosmetology (Grand Junction)

Morgan Community College (Fort Morgan)

Naropa University (Boulder)

National Theatre Conservatory (Denver)

Nazarene Bible College (Colorado Springs)

Northeastern Junior College (Sterling)

Ohio Center for Broadcasting-Colorado (Lakewood)

Otero Junior College (La Junta)

Parks College (Aurora)

Parks College (Denver)

Pikes Peak Community College (Colorado Springs)

Pima Medical Institute (Colorado Springs)

Pima Medical Institute (Denver)

Platt College (Aurora)

Pueblo Community College (Pueblo)

Red Rocks Community College (Lakewood)

Regis University (Denver)

Remington College-Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs)

Remington College-Denver (Lakewood)

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (Lakewood)

Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning (Denver)

Spring International Language Center (Littleton)

Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy (Colorado Springs)

Trinidad State Junior College (Trinidad)

United Beauty College (Denver)

United States Air Force Academy (USAF Academy)

University of Colorado at Boulder (Boulder)

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs)

University of Colorado at Denver (Denver)

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (Denver)

University of Denver (Denver)

University of Northern Colorado (Greeley)

Western State College of Colorado (Gunnison)

Westwood College of Aviation Technology (Broomfield)

Westwood College of Technology (Denver)

Xenon International School of Hair Design III (Aurora)

Yeshiva Toras Chaim Talmudical Seminary (Denver)